HIV prevention among travelers: Why do men not use condoms when they engage in commercial sex overseas?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-244

  Wong, Mee Lian ^a   Chan, Roy K W ^b   Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE; TRAVEL;

EID: 34247265625     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000233644.66090.05     Document Type: Article

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